George is right in the middle of his surgical rotation, a dreaded one that has a reputation of late nights, early mornings, and lots of work. So far, George has actually enjoyed it, although the early mornings and late nights is definitely true (yesterday he left home at 5:30 a.m. and didn't get home until 11:30 p.m.). Even with the hours, we have still managed to have some family time together this past week.
We got Netflix on our PS3 and have enjoyed having several shows and movies at our fingertips. One of our favorite things to watch is a British show called "Top Gear" where three men drive and critique different cars. Sounds boring? This is George and Lance watching one of the episodes:
It's clever and funny and extremely entertaining as these guys tests cars to the max or complete different tasks with designated cars. The episode they are watching in the pictures in Series 12, episode 1 (in case you're interested) where the three guys have to race huge Semi's. It really is hilarious.
Jude has an obsession with the fridge and if it is ever open when he's around, he'll crawl right over, plop himself smack in the middle and proceed to peruse it's bowels for good things to eat.
He has even tried to climb inside!
We also went to the Discovery Museum as a family. It's a small little place, but has some fun things to do.
Lance and I tried our hand at "Skittles" and didn't fare too badly. It definitely takes some practice.
George had a good time playing with Jude in the toddler room. :)
Playing music on the air organ.
Harvesting an eggplant and a pumpkin.
Climbing up to the loft in the historically accurate log cabin that's inside the museum.
Lance is joining them... not really sure what he's saying.
Doing crafts.
Jude has also found a new fun thing to do: climb into anything and everything. Baskets, the bathtub, even the trundle drawer under his bed where we keep the diapers. Actually, that's his favorite place.
Crazy boy!
George recently discovered a great way to cook meat: sous vide. Basically, you place the meat in a vat of water that you maintain at a certain temperature. The heat from the water cooks the meat and keeps the meat at the same level of "doneness" until you're ready to eat. As long as you keep the water at the right temperature, no matter how long you leave the meat in, it doesn't cook more. It's a great way to get a perfect medium rare steak. It also make the meat extremely tender. Right before you're ready to eat, you pull out the meat and brown it. We've had lamb and steak this way. We usually brown the meat in George's cast iron skillet, but George discovered a new way to do it that's a whole lot more fun!
Yes, he is blow-torching the meat. It tasted as good as any meat we've made!
Last Saturday we had several of our friends over for fondue night! I didn't get that many pictures, but we had about 20 people over. Lance missed it because he was up with his dad for the weekend. Sad! It was a lot of fun, though, and everyone had a great time.
George broke out his game Grand Tourismo and his new table he built for the wheel and the guys had a blast playing while the ladies talked. Win-win!
It was a great week full of fun and family. Just 5 1/2 more weeks of George's surgical rotation left and then he's in the clear with Neurology and Psychiatry. Yay!
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